The treaty now only needs to be signed off by the King of Jordan and ratified in the UK next week to become law

Hate cleric Abu Qatada could be deported within weeks - after MPs in Jordan rubber-stamped an anti-torture extradition deal with Britain.

The treaty now only needs to be signed off by the King of Jordan and ratified in the UK next week to become law.

Qatada, who is facing terror charges in his home country, pledged to voluntarily go home once the fair-trial treaty was put into law in both countries.

If the terror cleric honours his word it will bring to an end his decade-long fight against deportation that has cost taxpayers up to £4million.

Whitehall sources tonight said they now expect to see the back of the fanatic within weeks rather than months.

A Home Office spokesman said: ““The Government remains committed to securing Qatada’s deportation as quickly as possible.

“We are pleased the Jordanian Parliament has approved the treaty and we await its full ratification by the Jordanian Government and the completion of ratification procedures in the UK.”

Khalil Attieh, the Jordanian parliament’s deputy house speaker, said: “Parliament on Tuesday approved a treaty with Britain to help Jordan extradite suspects from Britain.

“The agreement does not specifically mention Abu Qatada but it includes him and others.”

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Deal: Theresa May signs fair trial guarantees with Jordan earlier this year

Qatada’s deportation will be trumpeted as huge victory for Home Secretary Theresa May, whose bid to kick him out of the country appeared to have been scuppered by the European Court of Human Rights - who ruled he couldn’t be returned to Jordan because torture evidence could be used against him.

That ruling was backed by British courts.

But in April Mrs May announced that a new treaty had been signed with Jordan guaranteeing Qatada a fair trial.

The announcement prompted Qatada’s lawyers to tell a special immigration hearing in London last month that he would not fight deportation once the treaty was made law.

Downing Street welcomed the news - but insisted their fight to kick him out was not yet over.

A Number 10 spokesman said: “The announcement from Jordan today is good news, but from our perspective the case is still ongoing and the PM is clear in his determination to put Abu Qatada on a plane back to Jordan.”